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Today you\u2019ll learn about new treatments the wealthy are using to try and stay young forever, the cultural and social evolution of the word please, and how the snap fit mechanism used in things like lego bricks is being updated for even bigger projects.\xa0

Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/immortality-tech-please-is-not-polite-snap-fit-physics

Immortality Tech\xa0

• \u201cPeople are desperately trying to live forever. Here are the biggest anti-aging trends sweeping the nation.\u201d by Lakshmi Varanasi
  • https://finance.yahoo.com/news/people-desperately-trying-live-forever-090000189.html
• \u201cTaking the Plunge: Is Cold Exposure Worthwhile?\u201d by Lisa Fields
  • https://www.cedars-sinai.org/blog/cold-exposure-therapy.html
• \u201cHow can fasting help fight aging?\u201d by Linnea Zielinski
  • https://ro.co/health-guide/fasting-and-aging/?irclickid=SG20AsU8gxyNTy0TnAXIvwzyUkAW13QJMWdhz80&irgwc=1&utm_source=impact&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=10078&utm_content=1262348&utm_term=businessinsider.com&ro_con=1&ro_ch=pubs&ro_p=impact&ro_n=Skimbit%20Ltd.&ro_c=10078&ro_g=Online%20Tracking%20Link&ro_t=1262348&survey_code=Skimbit%20Ltd.
• \u201cTelomeres, DNA Damage and Ageing: Potential Leads from Ayurvedic Rasayana (Anti-Ageing) Drugs\u201d by Rohit Sharma and Nat\xe1lia Martins
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7465058/
• \u201cRed Light Therapy\u201d by Cleveland Clinic
  • https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22114-red-light-therapy

Please Is Not Polite\xa0

• \u201cHow Please Stopped Being Polite\u201d By Walker Mimms
  • https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/03/polite-words-is-please-rude/673397/
• \u201cOh Please Stop Saying Please\u201d by Choire Sicha
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/business/ghosting-your-job.html
• \u201c7 words you probably didn't know were acronyms\u201d by BBC
  • https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2grMKJ29Ghlw36WXCHGJvKk/7-words-you-probably-didnt-know-were-acronyms

Snap Fit Physics\xa0\xa0

• \u201cFrom LEGOs to Ziploc: The Science of the Snap Fit\u201d by Katharine Gammon
  • https://www.insidescience.org/news/legos-ziploc-science-snap-fit
• \u201cMechanics of a Snap Fit\u201d by Keisuke Yoshida and Hirofumi Wada
  • https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.194301
• \u201cLEGO \u2018snap-fit\u2019 inspires scientific study\u201d by Adam Basch
  • https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-snap-fit-inspires-scientific-study

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